And anyone who follows this team on the road knows it's not very good in another team's building. That was apparent Sunday before 5,762 at the Springfield Civic Center, when the Wolf Pack failed to protect a two-goal lead.

``I sense from your questioning that you think I'm going to be raving mad or whatever. I'm not. I'm very disappointed,'' Wolf Pack coach E.J. McGuire said after a 4-3 overtime loss to the Falcons left his team with a 5-9-1 road record.

Greg Phillips scored the winner with 2 minutes, 34 seconds left in the extra period.

Springfield (14-13-6) outshot the Wolf Pack 4-1 in overtime and seemed to want it more.

``I don't know what was going through their heads,'' McGuire said of his team. ``I thought it was a good hockey game. They did have some opportunities, maybe a few more in overtime. But we certainly didn't quit.''

Neither did Springfield. The Falcons did not play like a team that is 4-11-2 against New England Division opponents.

``We feel fortunate to come back and win, that's for sure,'' Springfield coach Dave Farrish said. ``We didn't play very well. I was pleasantly surprised we were able to come back.''

McGuire said the game was ``probably indicative of the closeness of the New England Division.'' He's probably right.

Since opening the season with 11 straight victories over teams in their division, the Wolf Pack (17-12- 2) have just one victory in the past five games against divisional opponents.

The Wolf Pack played without two key forwards. Daniel Goneau was out after taking a high stick to the face Saturday night against New Haven and Christian Dube missed his second straight game with a shoulder injury.

After scoring three goals in his first two games with the Wolf Pack, forward Scott Fraser went eight games without scoring until he knocked a rebound past goalie Robert Esche to make it 2-0 with 2:37 left in the first. P.J. Stock set up the goal with some hard work in the corner and behind the net.

Earlier in the period, Ken Gernander stole a puck with a backcheck in the neutral zone and sent teammate Johan Witehall in alone for his eighth goal of the season at 6:17.

Springfield cut the deficit to 2-1 early in the second on Donald MacLean's power-play goal from the slot. The Wolf Pack had killed 16 consecutive penalties and 36 of their previous 40.

Peter Hogan scored another power-play goalthat tied it at 7:47 of the second. The Falcons took a 3-2 lead 43 seconds later when Bobby House knocked a loose puck past Labbe after a rush up ice by Trevor Letowski.

The Wolf Pack tied it on Alexei Vasiliev's power-play goal with 4:25 left in the second.